New here with some questions...(long!)

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New here with some questions...(long!)
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Mon, 05-15-2006 - 9:41am

I'm de-lurking to introduce myself and to get some information/ask a few questions...My son Liam is 5 (he'll turn 6 at the beginning of July) and he has many behaviors that are getting the best of us. He hasn't been diagnosed with any developmental issues, but on Wednesday my husband and I are having a consultation visit with his pediatrician to discuss some of our concerns.

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Mon, 05-15-2006 - 5:57pm

Thanks for your feedback!

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Mon, 05-15-2006 - 5:59pm

Thanks, Anandhi--I tried Ensure and Pediasure with Liam but he doesn't like them at all.

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Mon, 05-15-2006 - 6:36pm

Actually, I think if you are vegetarian keep at it. I have found a huge differences converting my kids to a natural/organic/low sugar/no junk diet. The closer to nature food is the better.

Picky eaters are tough and it is a matter of making sure they have a varied diet and get suffiecient of what they need. Protein is very important for our kiddos. Are you vegan or vegetarian? Does he eat dairy products like cottage cheese, cheese, yogurt? How about nuts? We eat close to an veggie diet here. Not totally but close because organic meat is very expensive so we are using less and less. Trail mix, nuts, and yogurt are our lifesavers often.

There was a great article in alternative medicine magazine about autism, and also one about "you are what you process" and what foods are ultra important. I have found a difference giving the kids those. Berries, omega 3's, whole grains, proteins, and some other things were on the list huge.

Renee

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Mon, 05-15-2006 - 10:23pm

We eat a lot of whole grains, raw veggies--we're vegetarian, not vegan.

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Mon, 05-15-2006 - 11:00pm

My son was a really picky eater. We had to think waaaaaay out of the box to find things he would eat. I can't remember how I stumbled on boiled eggs whites.

If I hard-boiled an egg, removed the yolk and washed off all traces of yolk; Peter would eat the egg white. Pure protein!

We found one brand of yogurt in one flavor (yoplait custard style, strawbery) which he would eat, and one type of cheese he would eat (harvati full fat)

We used to give him lots of ice cream too. (the only good idea which came out of a $120 nutritionist visit) I made my own, using only cream, no milk (he was very underweight), frozen strawberries and added protein powder. The stuff was about a million calories, and he ate it. It was a good source of protein, fat and calcuim.

-Paula

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Tue, 05-16-2006 - 8:29am

Hello!
I also have a Liam that was born in the summer of 2000! But my AS kid is Liam's older brother, my 8 year old. He has always been a very very picky eater. He does complain if we have something "smelly"-- that is, anything with any sort of odor to it, particularly meat! There are a very limited number of things that he will eat, but he has gotten better in the past 6 months or so, so there might be light at the end of the tunnel!

But you probably already know that an AS diagnosis has nothing to do with food and sensory issues. It does sound like Liam may have SID (sensory integration disorder) so you might ask about that, as well as AS, of course.

Good luck!

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